EP2232900A1 - Community information and news flow network - Google Patents
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- Information networks have evolved to the point where information can flow electronically, either hard-wired or wirelessly.
- news and information flows to a media company via paper transfers, voicemails and telephone conversations, electronically through email systems, electronically through established user interfaces with the community, and/or via field reporters.
- the news and information (data, etc.) input is accomplished manually in the sense that an action must be taken beyond the normal operation of the news event in order to input news to the local media company.
- a system is devised providing an electronic integration that enables a localized community information and news flow network.
- Devices are employed throughout a community to input news and information and are designed to be used as an integral part of the event/activity as well as automatically (or in an automated fashion) sending the information to a one or more predetermined locations.
- the information is aggregated and processed, including use of an "auto-report" feature to transform the information/data, in part or in whole into print-ready verbiage such as news stories.
- An integrated network is established, including remote receivers throughout the community, to automatically (or in an automated fashion) transmit to the community for displaying and viewing the transformed news stories in various forms such as video news clips, photos, tabular graphics, etc..
- the system provides hardware and/or software devices that are designed for various specific community activity applications such as baseball "e- clickers", soccer "e-scorers", etc. These devices are provided to the appropriate user (e.g., umpire, referee, official scorer, etc.) to use to track the event (e.g., keep score).
- the devices serve to provide automated data storage and transmittal to the predetermined location(s) (e.g., a centralized server) in order to then transform the data into a viewing format.
- the system provides an interface between existing electronic devices and the predetermined location(s) to provide an automated data feed to a media aggregator.
- an auto-report feature transforms raw data into news articles/stories in "print- and "viewer-ready” conditions such as, for example, news articles for print as well as storyline highlights for other uses such as radio or television reporting.
- the system provides an electronic network to flow information back to the community via "remote receivers" from the predetermined location(s).
- These remote receivers may be hard- wired or wireless (likely wireless). They serve to receive and then locally transmit the transformed news stories in various forms, such as storyline highlights, digital photos, video clips, etc.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an exemplary embodiment of a system in accordance with the teachings herein;
- FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an embodiment illustrating interconnections between scoring systems located at games/events and a system in accordance with the teachings herein;
- FIG. 3 is a flow chart of the steps that the system performs to receive and manipulate raw data for a community sports event or other activity;
- FIG. 4 is an illustration of a webpage that contains an area for print-ready text generated by the auto-report module of FIG. 1;
- FIG. 5 is a flow chart of the steps that a user and the auto-report module of FIG. 1 performs to automatically generate print-ready verbiage in accordance with the teachings herein;
- FIG. 6 is an illustration of print-ready verbiage generated by the auto-report module of FIG. 1;
- FIG. 7 is a flow chart of the steps that the on-site scoring/statistics module of FIG. 1 performs;
- FIG. 8 is a block diagram illustrating the interconnectivity of the system described herein;
- FIG. 9 is a flow chart of the steps taken to provide the interconnectivity illustrated in FIG. 8.
- FIG. 10 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware scoring device in accordance with the teachings herein.
- FIG. 1 an exemplary embodiment 100 of the system in a sporting event environment is shown.
- the system may be used in other environments. For example, it can be used to report community social events, community news events, etc.
- the on-site scoring/statistics module 104 receives data from sport leagues 102i to 102 n from appropriate personnel (e.g., umpire, referee, official scorer, etc.).
- the module 104 can interface with or be an integral part of hardware devices such as baseball "e- clickers," soccer “e-scorers,” scoreboards, etc. to automatically obtain the data.
- the data can include player stats (e.g., points, hits, fouls, etc.), time (e.g., period, time remaining, frames bowled, inning, etc.), team information (e.g., score, overall time, fouls, hits, etc.) and the like.
- the module 104 interfaces with a user interface and data entry module 106 that sends the data to data management module 108. Alternatively, module 104 directly sends data to data management module 108.
- the appropriate personnel use user interface and data entry module 106 to manually enter data.
- League participants enter data, such as individual statistics for hitting, pitching, etc., as well as game summaries, including, in some cases, photo and video submission. For example, a golfer in a golf league 102 1 enters his or her score, a score keeper may enter scores and statistics on players, a bowler may enter scores of bowlers in a bowling league, etc.
- Data entered is stored in data management module 108, from which calculations are performed resulting in another level of statistics, such as batting averages, earned run averages, team/individual standings, etc.
- Data management module 108 may include multiple data storage servers located at one or more selected locations. For example, the servers could be stored in a central location or distributed throughout the communities being served.
- the content management and auto-report module 110 transforms the data into a format for viewing at community event network website(s) 112 and/or at remote receivers 114 throughout the community and/or region.
- the auto-report function automatically transforms parts of the data entered into print-ready verbiage for display on/in the various platforms.
- Print-ready verbiage means the data is in a grammatically correct format that is readable by an end user or ready for additional editing or review at newsroom 116.
- Newsroom 116 may be a newspaper newsroom, a television news station, etc.
- the content management and auto-report module 110 receives the statistics sent from on-site scoring/statistics module 104 and user interface and data entry module 106 (not shown) via data management module 108 (not shown).
- the auto-report feature populates the templates to produce "news-ready" material such as articles, stories, highlights, lead sentences, etc.
- "news-ready" material such as articles, stories, highlights, lead sentences, etc.
- the auto-report feature would then retrieve the information and use a selected template to change the statistics to text that, for example, reads "Kenosha beat Racine last night after 11 innings with a final score of 9 to 7. Outfielder John Smith hit for the cycle with two singles, a double, a triple, and a home-run to lead Kenosha to victory.”
- the templates consist of verbiage that a media reporter 120 would typically use in an article. Many media reporters use certain phrases over and over, but in different areas of an article and in different ways from article to article. Each template has these phrases and other commonly used phrases populated in the template. For example, there may be several templates for sports articles, with each template modeled after variations the media reporter uses.
- the template(s) used may be user-selected or randomly picked.
- the auto-report feature transforms the data into phrases, sentences, or a complete story by piecing together the statistics into one or more templates.
- the content management module 110 then adds charts, graphs, etc. when appropriate to the transformed data.
- These articles are transmitted to one or more network websites 112 in the community network. In one embodiment, the articles are transmitted to receivers 114 for display, one or more network websites 112, and/or to the appropriate location for adding to a daily or weekly newspaper or other media platforms (e.g., cell phones, television, radio, etc.) 122.
- FIGS. 4-6 An example of the auto-report feature is illustrated in FIGS. 4-6.
- the autoreport feature uses input data to generate the report.
- An example of a web page 200 is shown in which the auto-generated data is placed in Recent Game Headlines block 202.
- a baseball game shall be used to describe the auto-report feature.
- a designated statistician e.g., a coach enters information about the game, including data such as the score, player stats (hits, RBI, etc.), etc.
- the statistician chooses the type that best describes the game (step 204).
- the type of game can be a "combined team effort,” “outstanding individual performance(s),” a “dramatic 'walk-off finish,” or a “fortunate victory.”
- the statistician selects from a list the player name(s) and whether the performance was batting, pitching, and/or defense (step 206).
- the statistician also enters stats for each player and the team (step 208).
- the auto-report feature uses the data entered to generate a "lede graf," phrases, sentences, complete article, etc. for the game.
- the auto-report feature parses the information to create a universe of possible options and randomly selects an option for the first paragraph or "lede graf.” Alternatively, the user selects the options (step 210).
- the options are based upon the statistics entered.
- Table 1 lists an example of options for a team sports game (e.g., baseball, basketball, football, volleyball, etc.) for reporting the final score.
- the auto-report feature automatically adds the appropriate statistics and information (e.g., teams, scores, players, etc.) to the option selected to generate a part of the print-ready verbiage and combines the parts of the print-ready verbiage to form the print-ready verbiage.
- FIG. 6 an example of an auto-generated lede graf is illustrated.
- the auto-report feature generated the text based upon the type of game selected (e.g., outstanding individual performance), the names of the players selected and each selected player's performance, the score, the date and time, and the location.
- the underlined text indicates the data used by the auto-report feature to generate the lede graf.
- a media reporter 120 may update the template and/or manually edit the article created by the template. For some articles, the media reporter adds further information to the template and then sends the resulting article to one or more network websites 112 in the community network and/or to the appropriate location for adding the article to other media platforms such as a daily or weekly newspaper. In one embodiment, the articles are also transmitted to receivers 114.
- the on-site scoring/statistics module 104 ordinarily receives and generates raw data during an event, stores the data in a database, and then transmits the data to an appropriate content management and auto-report module 110 via data management module 108, which are located on one or more servers.
- Transformed data such as the articles are sent to transmitter 130.
- Transmitter 130 can be a satellite transmitter, a wireless transmitter, etc.
- the transmitter 130 transmits the articles and other items to one or more receivers 114.
- each receiver displays the transmitted article or other item.
- the articles and other items may be encrypted such that only one or more select receivers are able to display the transmitted article or other item.
- each receiver may be assigned a globally unique identification (GUID).
- GUIDs globally unique identification
- the system provides wireless scoring devices that interface with the on-site scoring/statistics module 104.
- the wireless scoring devices can use software downloaded into existing data entry devices, integrated as part of a hardware device, etc.
- FIG. 10 many sports use a manual scoring device 300.
- the manual scoring devices are equipped with a wireless interface 302 that transmits what is entered to the on-site scoring/statistics module 104.
- baseball and softball umpire devices e.g., 3 count [balls, strikes, outs] or 4 count [balls, strikes, outs, innings] clickers
- the wireless interface transmits the change to the on-site scoring/statistics module 104.
- electronic scoreboards can be fitted with a wireless interface to automatically update the count on the Scoreboard.
- the change can be transmitted to the scorekeeper via a wireless receiver such as a cell phone (not shown).
- the wireless interface can also be used for other events. For example, in a fishing tournament, a device with a wireless interface can be provided to each participant in the competition to provide counts of fish caught. The wireless interface sends the fish count to the on-site scoring/statistics module 104.
- the wireless interface consists of a software module that is provided for download to participants who have an existing wireless interface (e.g., a cell phone) and the software module directs the existing wireless interface to send the fish count to the on-site scoring/statistics module 104.
- the system 100 uses the count to provide a real-time account of the fish caught and/or a summary of the final numbers of fish caught.
- a localized community information and news flow network has been provided.
- Devices are employed throughout a region to input news and information as well as automatically (or in an automated fashion) sending the information to one or more predetermined locations.
- the information is aggregated and processed, including an "auto-report" feature to transform the information/data, in part or in whole into print-ready verbiage such as view-ready news articles.
- the integrated network includes satellite and/or Internet receivers throughout the community, in order to automatically transmit to sites within the community for display the transformed news stories in various forms such as video news clips, photos, tabular graphics, etc.
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